Un Parfum des Sens et Bois The Different Company for women

Clean, yet warm and almost prickly, Sens et Bois reminds me of a sun-speckled forest floor of pine needles at the end of a lingering Indian Summer...just as autumn's smoky shiver sweeps the land. I can also imagine an old cedar box, secretly tucked away in my grandfather's attic, filled with half-forgotten family heirlooms and long-lost love letters. SB has a slightly sweet and woody coziness that borders on scratchiness. It's rather masculine in my opinion, and reminds me quite a bit of Tauer's L'Air du Desert Marocain. The overall composition is seamless and pretty static, which I feel gives it a kind of generic feeling. It is a comfortable yet polite scent that is not entirely unique or memorable.

UN PARFUM DES SENS ET BOIS could easily have been launched as a member of the Hermès JARDIN series. The dominant opening notes of this streamlined composition are, to my nose, cedar, ginger, and pepper. I smell zero violet and initially only a touch of incense, which however does become somewhat more marked over time, relative to the more dominant opening notes. This is a smooth, pleasing, and subtle fragrance which might well appeal to those who dislike the fruit notes in some members of the JARDIN series.

Although I have nothing particularly against this fragrance, I also don't really find it all that compelling—perhaps it's a bit too understated for me? It's certainly fine, for what it is: a fairly linear, low-key, and slightly spicy woody scent.

It used to be my favourite fragrance, but not any more...love is gone. It became too ordinary for my taste. But I still consider it beautiful, I don't feel need to wear it though.
It opens with storm of dry pepper with fresh, juicy ginger, after short time soft, cool and very natural violet appears and blends with spices which makes the frangrance blurred like a forest in a fog. From this point it's getting more and more woodsy, cold and harsh cedar wood shows up which enhences this "woodsy-ness". At this stage it's olfactoric visualisation of these magical woods from chinese fantasy films like "Hero", always shrouded in a morning fog, everything is in greyish blue and silver colours, calm and quiet.

A nice concoction of clean cedarwood and peppery-incense with citrus hints on top that strikes as a more refined and smoother version of Gucci Rush For Men or Let Me Play The Lion. Not bad but nowhere close to justify the price tag.

Close to the skin, average lasting power.

Rating: 6.5/10

It seems masculine because it is declared as unisex...anyway, I love it. Woody, spicy. Skinscent. Pretty sexy.

The first note that hit me (unfortunately) was the black pepper, not a favorite. But about 3 minutes later (give or take a minute); I smell the violet mixed with the woods and the combination is beautiful. It was well worth the wait for the pepper to go away. Now I'm getting the incense too; which I love! In no way, shape or form am I getting even a tiny masculine on the dry down or anywhere. I love it! I hope it lasts on my skin because I'd love to smell it all day!